[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14452]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        NATIONAL CITIZENSHIP DAY

  (Ms. JUDY CHU of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate 
National Citizenship Day.
  America would not be the great country that it is without its 
immigrants. One of our greatest strengths is our Nation's diversity--
the ability of this country to absorb and integrate the most 
entrepreneurial minds that this world has to offer and to make them our 
own. In fact, immigrants or their children have founded more than 40 
percent of Fortune 500 companies.
  However, there is a dangerous anti-immigrant sentiment perpetuated by 
those who fail to recognize the strength derived from our diversity. 
Even today, laws are being proposed to deny the constitutional right of 
citizenship to those born in America. Proposals like these are both 
appalling and un-American.
  In Congress, we must continue to fight against these anti-immigrant 
proposals and to push for comprehensive immigration reform, and we must 
work to ensure that every person who is eligible for naturalization 
understands the process that it takes to become a U.S. citizen and has 
a voice in our great democracy.

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